PREX / CREX Collaboration Meeting and Status Oct 1 – 2, 2017 http://prex.jlab.org/cgi-bin/DocDB/public/DocumentDatabase http://hallaweb.jlab.org/parity/prex Report by Robert Michaels p1 / 11
PREX and CREX Asymmetry is non-zero due to weak interaction. 208Pb 48Ca PREX-I PREX-II CREX PREX-I : PRL 108 (2012) 112502 227 citations Rn - Rp (fm) Asymmetry is non-zero due to weak interaction. Weak interaction “sees” neutrons (electromagnetic sees protons). number of nucleons A Neutron skin Lead Nucleus Can theory predict its size ? Rn Rp p2 / 11 R. Michaels, Hall A Mtg, Oct 3, 2017
Engineering Progress -- Robin Wines Skyshine shield Target Septum Magnet collimator HRS Quad 1 beam Man-weeks design 24 Man-weeks engineering (minus target) Jessie Butler: ~70 days installation p3 / 11 R. Michaels, Hall A Mtg, Oct 3, 2017
Target -- Silviu Covrig Target group responsible CFDFAC thermal calculations performed to understand and improve the design port p4 / 11 R. Michaels, Hall A Mtg, Oct 3, 2017
Radiation Simulation -- Ciprian Gal (UVa) Shielding Design Target and Septum Region HRS Q1 Skyshine shield Skyshine shield target septum plastic shield HRS controls New since ERR : Beam Dump being considered (work in progress) Beam dump Need concrete shielding ? R. Michaels, Hall A Mtg, Oct 3, 2017
Magnetic Shielding -- Jay Benesch Confirmed that Al Gavalya’s shield design inside septum is good Proposed a 3 mm thick conical carbon steel shield for HRS quad p6 / 11 R. Michaels, Hall A Mtg, Oct 3, 2017
Integrating Detectors -- Dustin McNulty Placed above the VDCs in HRS detector stack Idaho State University Quartz bar PMT Two (redundant) quartz bars, which intercept elastically scattered electrons. We integrate this signal for our main signal. Design similar to PREX-I. Beam tests at Mainz confirm simulation. p7 / 11 R. Michaels, Hall A Mtg, Oct 3, 2017
GEMs -- Dustin McNulty Supplement the VDCs in HRS Idaho State University Supplement the VDCs in HRS So we can do Q2 measurements at ~1 uA (rates high) These are “small” 10 x 20 cm2 400 um pitch Capitalizes on SBS developments (INFN / Uva) p8 / 11 R. Michaels, Hall A Mtg, Oct 3, 2017
PREX/CREX Detectors -- Dustin McNulty GEMs (3) Quartz (2) Quartz (2) p9 / 11 R. Michaels, Hall A Mtg, Oct 3, 2017
“SAM” (Lumi monitor) -- Tao Ye Stony Brook University A source of extremely high rate Establishes a “noise floor” Corrections for beam noise are consistent with expected beam position monitor resolution. BCM resolution 12 ppm Result: SAM statistical level 60 ppm p10 / 11 R. Michaels, Hall A Mtg, Oct 3, 2017
Other Topics at PREX/CREX Meeting Oct 1-2, 2017 at JLab Software and Optics Seamus Riordan (Argonne) Ryan Richards (StonyBrook) Detectors Tyler Kutz (StonyBrook) Carlos Bula (Idaho St) 4K running Grigory Eremeev (Jlab) Nonlinearities Devi Adhikari (Idaho St) Moller Polarimeter Bill Henry (Temple) Kerr Studies Fernando Araiza Gonzalez (StonyBrook) Compton Polarimeter Juan Carlos Cornejo (CMU) Polarized Source Joe Grames (Jlab) Caryn Palatchi (Uva) DAQ Status Bob Michaels (Jlab) Scheduling Thia Keppel (Jlab) Last page R. Michaels, Hall A Mtg, Oct 3, 2017